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  • Bechtel, Network Rail Complete Expansion of U.K. Train Station; Ailie MacAdam Comments
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    Bechtel, Network Rail Complete Expansion of U.K. Train Station; Ailie MacAdam Comments

    Bechtel and Network Rail have completed their four-year expansion project for the Reading train station in the U.K. as part of a 2009 contract tasking Bechtel to provide project management services for the $1.5 billion Reading Station Area Redevelopment program. Bechtel said Thursday the expansion includes five platforms, elevators and escalators, a train depot, two station entrances and a passenger transfer link bridge, […] More

  • Report: Turkish Navy to Open Missile Boat Competition
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    Report: Turkish Navy to Open Missile Boat Competition

    Turkey’s defense procurement agency could release a final solicitation to acquire 10 missile boats for the Turkish navy before the close of the year, Defense News reported Sunday. Burak Ege Bekdil, citing industry sources, writes that the contract’s total value will range between $700 million and $800 million. While the competition is expected to draw […] More

  • Deltek’s Derek Johnson: New York Could Set Trend With Procurement Umbrella Contract Plans
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    Deltek’s Derek Johnson: New York Could Set Trend With Procurement Umbrella Contract Plans

    The state of New York is considering establishing an umbrella contract for state and local governments’ information technology procurement, a move that could streamline the state’s procurement process and consolidate contracting opportunities, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Deltek‘s Derek Johnson, a general government services analyst at the firm, reports that New York’s Office of General Services has issued a request for information […] More

  • MRIGlobal Receives $63M Contract for National Toxicology Program
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    MRIGlobal Receives $63M Contract for National Toxicology Program

    MRIGlobal announced last week it has received a new $63 million, 10-year contract from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to provide analytical chemistry for the National Toxicology Program. MRIGlobal will provide chemical procurement, handling and analytical services in toxicology studies through the National Toxicology Program, examining chemicals found in consumer products and the characteristics […] More

  • Northrop Celebrates 25th Year of B-2 Bomber; Tom Vice Comments
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    Northrop Celebrates 25th Year of B-2 Bomber; Tom Vice Comments

    Northrop Grumman has celebrated the 25th year of its B-2 stealth bomber aircraft for the U.S. Air Force in a re-enactment of its first takeoff at the Air Force’s Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. The company said Thursday Plant 42 is where all B-2 aircraft were built and sent for programmed depot maintenance. According to Tom Vice, Northrop’s corporate vice […] More

  • Marty Beard Joins BlackBerry as COO; John Chen Comments
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    Marty Beard Joins BlackBerry as COO; John Chen Comments

    Marty Beard, formerly chairman and CEO of LiveOps Inc., has joined BlackBerry Ltd. as chief operating officer. Beard will oversee BlackBerry’s marketing, BlackBerry 10 application development efforts, customer care and quality operations, BlackBerry said Monday. He will also be responsible for establishing best practices and processes. “Marty brings extensive experience in operations, marketing and serving […] More

  • Salient’s Cindy Walker to Present Big Data Insights at IASA Event
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    Salient’s Cindy Walker to Present Big Data Insights at IASA Event

    Cindy Walker, vice president of Salient Federal Solutions’ data analytics center of excellence, is set to speak at an Insurance Accounting & Systems Association Inc. event on methods to extract value from big data. Walker will present the user side and elements of big data analytics, visualization tools and various approaches to gaining insights into […] More

  • Global Knowledge Trains IBM Business Partners on SoftLayer Tech; Ed Bottini Comments
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    Global Knowledge Trains IBM Business Partners on SoftLayer Tech; Ed Bottini Comments

    Global Knowledge has delivered learning services to help IBM’s business partners acquire skills around SoftLayer cloud services. Global Knowledge will provide training services on the fundamentals of SoftLayer technology through a two-day course of lectures and hands-on sessions, Global Knowledge said Thursday. “Through this program, our partners are gaining the skills they need to build […] More

  • New Research Sees 10% CAGR for U.S. Healthcare IT Market
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    New Research Sees 10% CAGR for U.S. Healthcare IT Market

    New RNCOS research has earmarked a compound annual growth rate of 10% for healthcare information technology in the U.S. from 2014 to 2018, thanks to greater collaboration among industry players, updated systems and tighter compliance rules. Increasing mergers and acquisitions activity also plays a role in the upbeat forecast as competing companies close ranks over […] More

  • NASA to Build New Addition at Kennedy Space Center
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    NASA to Build New Addition at Kennedy Space Center

    NASA has awarded a two-year contract to Hensel Phelps Construction Co., to begin construction on a new multi-story headquarters at the Kennedy Space Center in Orlando, Fla. The $64.8 million contract will allow for demolition of the Kennedy Industrial Area, saving Kennedy an estimated $400 million in the next 40 years through a 50 percent […] More

  • Unisys Partners with IBM, Deloitte to Centralize Pennsylvania’s Data Centers
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    Unisys Partners with IBM, Deloitte to Centralize Pennsylvania’s Data Centers

    Unisys will collaborate with IBM and Deloitte Consulting to consolidate seven data centers of Pennsylvania into a hybrid cloud platform under a seven-year, $681 million contract, eWeek reported Thursday. Jeffrey Burt writes Pennsylvania’s state agencies will have access to support services hosted in Unisys’ data centers for their infrastructures, storage, security and database services. Unisys […] More

  • David Harrold: BAE Systems Hopes US Army Would Buy Its Missile-Guiding Tools in 2015
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    David Harrold: BAE Systems Hopes US Army Would Buy Its Missile-Guiding Tools in 2015

    BAE Systems Inc. is upbeat the U.S. Army will ink an agreement to procure missile guidance systems worth $30,000 from the company in 2015, DoD Buzz reported Friday. Brendan McGarry writes the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System kit works to transmit semi-active laser guidance and control to a 2.75-inch Hydra rocket. David Harrold, director of […] More